Carriage-top connection



(No Model.)

A. KRIDER. CARRIAGE T01 GONNEUTION.

No. 573,00 Patented Dec. 15, 1896.

INVENTOH BY ATTORNEYS AMIS KRIDER, OF CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS.

CARRIAGE-TOP CONNECTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 573,006, dated December15, 1896. Application filed September 30, 1895. $erial1l0. 564,201. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMIs KRIDER, residing at Chicago Heights, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and ImprovedCarriage-Top Connection, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in carriage-tops and it primarilyhas for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive carriage-topbow-socket which will securely connect the carriage-top and the sidebows, and which can be quickly and easily manipulated to release thesaid top, so it can be moved from the side bows bodily without clashing.In the trade a general agent will not permit the top to be clashed.Hence it is necessary in shipping to build crates sufiiciently large toinclose the carriage with the top on and extended. An ordinary car willnot hold over twenty-five buggies.

A further object of my invention, therefore, is to provide means fordetachably securing the top to the side bows, so that the tops can bequickly lifted off and packed separate, thereby allowing for at leasttl1irty-five bu ggies to be shipped in a car holding but twenty-fivebuggies with fixed tops.

\Vith other minor objects in view, which hereinafter will be referredto, my invention consists in such novel features and peculiarcombination of parts as will be first described in detail and then bespecifically pointed out in the appended claim, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a view of a buggy havinga top fitted thereon in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a sideview of the bows and the carriage-top,the parts being disconnected. Fig.3 is a sectional View showing the connection of the socket to the topbow. Fig. 4: is a detail view of the end of top bow.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A indicates the buggy-top, B, C,and D the top bows, and E the side bows, to which the top bows arejoined in the manner-best illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings,such top bows being provided with the usual pivoted bowarms o. a. Thelower ends I), c, and (Z of the top bows project below the members a,and in the bottom of each end is produced a dovetail recess f, whichextends from one side to the center of end. This dovetail recess isintended to receive the head g of the thimble G, which has a threadedsocket g and a non-circular portion 9 The head g is held in the recess fby means of a keeperplate F, which is secured to the end of how by meansof ears f and said plate has a slot f, which is first brought intocoincidence with the recess f before the ears are secured, and the headg can then be inserted. The plate is then turned slightly and the earssecured, thus connecting the end of bow to the thimble by means of thehead 9 and the slotted keeper-plate.

The upper end of each of the bows E has a screw-threaded member 6, whichis adapted to fit in the threaded socket in thimble G.

In the practical application of my invention when it is desired toremove the top the thimbles G are turned to unscrew from the bows E, theswivel connection of the said thimbles Gpermittingafree movementthereof. To fit the top in place, it is only necessary to place the samein position to permit the thimbles being screwed onto the ends 6 of theside bows.

In practice the side valance extends down over the connecting-point ofthe side and. top bows, (see Fig. 1,) and in consequence keeps them outof sight and making them, as it were, secret joints.

My invention is exceedingly simple and can be readily attached to buggyand carriage tops of any ordinary construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

In a carriagetop of the folding type, the combination with the side bowsE having threaded shanks e, at their upper ends, of the top or crossbows C, and I), the swivel-thimble or screwsocket G, adapted to receivethe end c 01' the side bow, said thimble having a headed swivel memberg; and the keeperplate F, having an aperture for the member g, saidplate being adapted to be screwed to the lower end of the top bow,substantially as shown and described.

AMIS KRIDER.

Witnesses JOHAN IIAsEL, HENRY SOHARP.

